This course combines a sound basis of advanced knowledge and understanding in the broader and more disparate field of International Studies with the opportunity to choose optional specialist areas of study from among those offered in the School, and other schools such as Modern Languages and Cultures. The particular interests reflected in the choice of options may then be developed through the researching and writing of a dissertation.Throughout the course, you will gain advanced knowledge and understanding of:The extent to which the international community has developed and the driving forces shaping its developmentFactors determining humanitarian interventionsThe processes of globalisation in the political, economic, cultural and scientific fieldsThe governance role of international organisationsHow the degree of integration of countries into the international political and economic system varies and the determinants of those variationsHistorical and/or contemporary issues and debates in the politics and political economy of specific states and/or areas and/or international institutions and organisationsRegime analysis and the concept of soft power governanceAn appropriate topic in international politics of your choice